Dr. Kausala Sithamparapillai

Dr. Kausala Sithamparapillai

MBBS (Jaffna), MSc in Human Nutrition (Colombo), MD in Clinical Nutrition (Colombo)

Lecturer (Unconfirmed),
Department of Physiology,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Jaffna

kausala@univ.jfn.ac.lk
Positions
Qualifications
Publications
Research Interests
  1. Lecturer (Unconfirmed)- 28 June 2022- to date
  2. Temporary Lecturer- 14 June 2021- 27 June 2022
  3. Senior Registrar in Clinical Nutrition (2019 – 2020)
  4. Registrar in Clinical Nutrition (2017 – 2019)
  5. Lecturer, Department of Physiology, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2015 – 2016)
  6. Trainee – Masters degree in Human Nutrition, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2013 – 2014)
  7. Medical Officer in Paediatrics – Durdans Hospital, Colombo 3 (2006 to 2015)
  8. Senior House Officer in Paediatrics – The General Hospital, Chilaw (2001-2003)
  9. Intern House Officer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, De Soyza Hospital for Women, Colombo
  10. Intern House Officer in Medicine, National Hospital of Sri Lanka

MD in Clinical Nutrition 2019 University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
MSc in Human Nutrition 2014 University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
MBBS 1999 University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Effect of pre-transplant vitamin D level on liver transplantation outcome; Protocol for a systematic review; CRD42023489304
    Shalika Kurukulaarachchi, Kausala Sithamparapillai, Dileepa Ediriweera, Madunil Niriella;
    December 2023;
    https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023489304

 

  1. Kausala Sithamparapillai, Uday Zachariah, C E Eapen, Ashish Goel
    Plasma exchange improves survival in acute liver failure – An updated systematic review and meta-analysis focused on comparing within single etiology
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12664-024-01557-7

 

  1. Kausala Sithamparapillai, Samaranayake and V.P. Wickramasinghe Growth monitoring of Infants in an urban area of Sri Lanka – A Clinical Audit.
    Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine – 24th August 2022
    https://jpgim.sljol.info/articles/10.4038/jpgim.8385

 

  1. K. Sithamparapillai, D.Samaranayake and V.P. Wickramasinghe Timing and pattern of growth faltering in children up-to 18 months of age and the associated feeding practices. BMC Paediatrics – 11 April 2022
    https://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-022-03265-7

 

  1. Gamage, K. Sithamparapillai, S.N. Perera, Randula Ranawaka, Renuka Jayatissa; Prevalence of malnutrition in children with congenital heart disease awaiting cardiac interventions at a tertiary care setting in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Cardiology, Volume 1: Issue 2 – January 2019
    https://slcc.lk/2019/03/14/sri-lankan-journal-of-cardiology-volume-1-issue-2-january-2019/

 

 

GUIDELINES:

Contributed to the preparation of National Dietary and Physical Activity Guidelines for selected Non-communicable diseases; 
https://www.ncd.health.gov.lk/images/pdf/circulars/6th_December_2022National_Dieteary_and_Physical_activity_guideline.pdf 

 

OTHER PROJECTS:

External Consultant for the research project titled ‘Assessment of acceptability of locally produced Ready-to-Use Therapeutic food in Sri Lanka’. This community-based study was conducted by the Department of Nutrition, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka and was funded by UNICEF.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

80th Anniversary Annual Scientific Sessions of the Jaffna Medical Association on the 30th October 2021. at the Symposium on Optimizing nutritional health; Topic – ‘Enteral Nutrition Therapy in Critically ill’

 

 

DISSERTATION:

Timing and pattern of growth faltering in children up-to 18 months of age and the associated feeding practices; Kausala Sithamparapillai, D. Samaranayake and V.P. Wickramasinghe; PGIM, University of Colombo – 2023

 

ABSTRACTS:

  1. Kausala Sithamparapillai, Mathanki Sooriyakanthan, Sivapalan.K; Dietary and Physical Activity Practices and Body Composition of Medical Students in the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
    Annual academic sessions of the Jaffna Medical Association – 2023.

 

  1. Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Dulani Samaranayake, Kausala Sithamparapillai; Growth faltering during first 18 months of life in a cohort of children in an urban area of Sri Lanka and the associated feeding practices
    INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF NUTRITION in Tokyo, Japan – December 2022.

 

  1. Sithamparapillai, D.Samaranayake and V.P. Wickramasinghe; Timing and pattern of growth faltering in children up-to 18 months of age and the associated feeding practices;
    23rd Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians; January 2021;
    This poster presentation won the award ‘Best poster of the congress’.

 

  1. Sithamparapillai, D.Samaranayake and V.P. Wickramasinghe; Feeding practices during the first Eighteen months of life. Annual Scientific sessions of the Nutrition society of Sri Lanka – 2021
    https://nutritionsocietyofsrilanka.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Abtract-booklet-2021_Final_1.pdf

 

  1. HKD Jayaweera, K Sithamparapillai, P Wickramasinghe; Successful enteral nutrition in an infant with high-output ileostomy with short bowel – A case study
    5th Clinical Nutrition Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka Medical Nutrition Association – 21st November 2020

 

  1. P. Gamage, K. Sithamparapillai, S.N. Perera, Randula Ranawaka, Renuka Jayatissa; Prevalence of malnutrition among children under 12 years with congenital;
    heart disease, admitted to the cardiology unit at a tertiary care setting in Sri Lanka; Second Clinical Nutrition Annual Academic Sessions – 2017. https://slmna.lk/uploads/uploads/b46ddb43a2f69acabe51729eafbf0f30.pdf

 

  1. Ranasinghe PDB, Wimalasekera SW, Kaththriarachchi LS, Logenthiran PV, Wimalasiri IU, Sithamparapillai K; Effects of exposure to dust and exhaust fumes on lung functions of road workers Annual scientific sessions of Physiological Society of Sri Lanka – November 2016.
  1. Paediatric nutrition
  2. body composition